9 Employment Trends You Need to Know About for 2013 | Network ...

By Rieva Lesonsky

What does 2013 hold in store for your employees and your business? According to the 2013 Workforce/Workplace Forecast from The Herman Group, 2013 will look much like 2012, with most employers adopting a ?wait-and-see? approach to hiring and U.S. unemployment remaining above 7 percent for the year.

Here are 9 other trends you need to know about:

1. Recruiting will intensify in many industries. Both big and small companies, especially in the IT sector, will feel pressure to hire due to burned-out, overworked staff. The bad news for small employers is that with big companies (with bigger benefits) hiring too, competition will be fierce.
2. Trained, experienced workers will be in short supply in many fields. Consider promoting from within and providing your entry-level employees with the training they need to move into higher positions. Also develop relationships with local schools, colleges and universities to give you a pipeline to educated workers.
3. Communities will become more aware of the lack of skilled employees, and smart local leadership will invest money and effort into developing the local workforce for the careers of tomorrow.
4. Gamification will be used in training, performance evaluations and as a bonding tool to make work more fun and build relationships. It?s an especially important tool for companies seeking to engage their Millennial employees.
5. Companies will use social networking to recruit new employees and to train and develop those they have. Don?t forget the internal social networks that even small companies have: If you?re looking to hire, try looking for referrals from your existing team.
6. Companies will keep trying to do more with less?cutting staff and hiring independent contractors to squeeze still more productivity and profit out of their teams. There?s a right way and wrong way to re-engineer, Herman Group notes. Try to do it without cutting staff.
7. ?Job churn? will grow as too many employers continue to ignore what?s needed to create a happy, engaged work force. ?There is a tremendous pent-up energy for job-hopping, which many employees have been putting off for years,? Herman Group warns. Ignore it at your peril.
8. A second Obama Administration will likely mean greater regulation. You?d be smart to have access to an attorney with HR expertise, just in case. Herman Group believes that the Affordable Care Act may spur small and midsized employers to move from providing health insurance to taking part in ?insurance exchanges? and funding their employees? purchase of coverage there.
9. Last, but not least, your small business might see more competition in 2013: Herman Group believes more unemployed people will take advantage of the growth in independent contracting by starting their own businesses (or at least becoming freelancers) to supply the services that businesses need.

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